Prerequisite
Must be comfortable in the water. Must be able to do a back float without assistance and front glide with kick: preschool 5 feet, youth 10 feet.

Skills taught at this level

• Review Advancement Skills for Penguin

• Back glide with kick: preschool 5 feet, youth 10 feet

• Jump into chest-deep water unassisted

• Front crawl stroke without breathing: preschool 10 feet, youth 15 feet

• Assisted to unassisted rollover

• Arm/leg extension assist

• Bobbing to safety (site specific)

• Side breathing on the wall

• Back float and recovery

• Back glide

• Buddy system

• Underwater exploration

• Introduction to back crawl

Advancement Skills

• Back glide with kick: preschool 5 feet, youth 10 feet

• Front crawl without breathing: preschool 10 feet, youth 15 feet

• Side breathing 5 times on the wall